xystum
Americannoun
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xysta
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Between the xysta and the peristyle was the pergula, a two-storied covered gallery, a shelter against the sun and the rain.
From The Wonders of Pompeii by Marc Monnier
Besides the atrium and the peristyle, a third court, the xysta, surrounded with forty-four columns, duplicated on the upper story.
From The Wonders of Pompeii by Marc Monnier
Some antiquaries make it out that the xysta of Pansa was merely a kitchen garden.
From The Wonders of Pompeii by Marc Monnier
This was the xysta or garden, divided offPg 146 into beds, and the divisions of which, when it was found, could still be seen, marked in the ashes.
From The Wonders of Pompeii by Marc Monnier
But our people apply the term "xysta" to uncovered walks, which the Greeks call παραδρομἱδες.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
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